Stella for Staff programme

The professional mobility programme for services staff of the Compostela Group of Universities, Stella for Staff, fosters intercontinental exchanges for the workforce of the CGU and CONAHEC member universities. A connection to learn how they work in the different departments of the universities participating in the programme and to live a multicultural experience, through short stays in other higher education institutions from our network and CONAHEC.

In 2002, the programme was born as an initiative to offer administrative staff the same opportunities available to students and teaching staff at that time. Since its launch, more than 400 administrative staff from the CGU and CONAHEC networks have participated in the professional exchanges.

Once a year, our network disseminates a call for applications for grants and mobility under the Stella for Staff programme. Only services staff from the CGU member universities can apply and receive a grant.

Objectives

Supporting the upskilling of the CGU member universities staff

Facilitating professional intercontinental mobility

Target group and requirements

The CGU and CONAHEC member universities and their services staff can participate in this mobility and training programme. Only staff from universities that have offered at least one placement for the current call will be eligible for mobility.

Services staff must have an employment relationship with their home university at the time of the mobility.

Mobility period and area

In-person mobility must last a minimum of seven and a maximum of 15 working days. The mobility action must start in 2023.

Some universities would allow those who participate to choose a mobility period, while others would detail a specific one. They will also define the areas or departments in which they offer the placements.

All this information will be available to applicants in the placement offers.

Deadlines

  • 20 January 2023 (12:00 PM – noon. Peninsular Spanish time). Deadline for the submission of the placement offers by the universities.
  • Week 23-27 January 2023. Publication of the placement offers.
  • 10 March 2023 (12:00 PM – noon. Peninsular Spanish time). Deadline for the submission of the applications by the services staff.
  • April-May 2023. Publication of the resolution.
  • June-December 2023. Eligible for the mobility period.
  • December 2023. Justification and end of the activity.

Grants and funding

The economic allocation of the call is 16,000 euros, which will be distributed through individual grants until the budget is exhausted.

Grants for in-person mobility will have an economic allocation of 1,000 euros each.

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Selection Committee

Selection Committee for the 2023 call. 

 Resolution

Corrigendum resolution for the 2023 call of Stella for Staff. Where the University of Monterrey was previously listed as the home university of the number eight candidate, the University of Guadalajara is now indicated. 

Resolution for the 2023 call of Stella for Staff.

Placement offers for the 2023 call

Discover the placement offers sent by the various departments of the CGU and CONAHEC member universities.

      ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY IN POZNAN

      Placement offer AMU01 2023. 

      Placement offer AMU02 2023. 

      Placement offer AMU03 2023. 

        ANAHUAC PUEBLA UNIVERSITY

        Placement offer ANAHP01 2023. 

        Placement offer ANAHP02 2023. 

        Placement offer ANAHP03 2023. 

          ANAHUAC XALAPA UNIVERSITY 

          Placement offer ANAH01 2023. 

            AUTONOMUS UNIVERSITY OF CHIHUAHUA 

            Placement offer UACH01 2023.

            Placement offer UACH02 2023.

              CETYS UNIVERSITY

              Placement offer CETYS01 2023. 

              Placement offer CETYS02 2023. 

              Placement offer CETYS03 2023. 

              Placement offer CETYS04 2023. 

              Placement offer CETYS05 2023. 

              Placement offer CETYS06 2023. 

                JAUME I UNIVERSITY

                Placement offer UJI01 2023. 

                Placement offer UJI02 2023. 

                  PAN‑EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY

                  Placement offer PAN01 2023.

                    PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PERU

                    Placement offer PUCP01 2023. 

                      TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA

                      Placement offer UPCT01 2023.

                        TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF SANTO DOMINGO – INTEC

                        Placement offer INTEC01 2023.

                        Placement offer INTEC02 2023. 

                        Placement offer INTEC03 2023.

                          UNESP – SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY

                          Placement offer UNESP01 2023. 

                            UNIVERSITY BUSINESS ACADEMY IN NOVI SAD

                            Placement offer UBANS01 2023.

                              UNIVERSITY DE LA SALLE BAJÍO

                              Placement offer LSBAJIO01 2023. 

                              Placement offer LSBAJIO02 2023. 

                              Placement offer LSBAJIO03 2023. 

                                UNIVERSITY FOR CREATIVE ARTS

                                Placement offer UCAAC01 2023.

                                  UNIVERSITY LA SALLE, AC

                                  Placement offer ULSA01 2023.

                                    UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA

                                    Placement offer UDC01 2023.

                                    Placement offer UDC02 2023.

                                      UNIVERSITY OF CADIZ 

                                      Placement offer UCA01 2023.

                                        UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA 

                                        Placement offer UDG01 2023.

                                          UNIVERSITY OF LEON

                                          Placement offer ULE02 2023. 

                                            UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA

                                            Placement offer UDL01 2023.

                                              UNIVERSITY OF MONTERREY

                                              Placement offer UDEM01 2023.

                                                UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS

                                                Placement offer PTE01 2023. 

                                                Placement offer PTE02 2023. 

                                                Placement offer PTE03 2023. 

                                                Placement offer PTE04 2023. 

                                                Placement offer PTE05 2023. 

                                                Placement offer PTE06 2023. 

                                                  UNIVERSITY OF PIURA

                                                  Placement offer UDEP01 2023.

                                                    UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG

                                                    Placement offer UR01 2023.

                                                      UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA

                                                      Placement offer USC01 2023. 

                                                        UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE

                                                        Placement offer US01 2023.

                                                        Placement offer US02 2023.

                                                        Placement offer US03 2023.

                                                          Documents to be submitted

                                                          First, all services staff and member universities interested in taking part in the programme must read the guidelines for the call carefully.

                                                          Guidelines for the Stella for Staff’s programme 2023 call. 

                                                              CGU AND CONAHEC MEMBER UNIVERSITIES

                                                              On our website, the documentation is available in PDF format, but the person designated as CGU delegate or coordinator of the Stella programme at your university has received a link to access a folder containing the documentation in Word format.

                                                              1. The universities willing to join the programme may send their list of placement offers for the call through the online placement offer form. This form must be compulsorily filled in online and in English for the offer to be accepted.

                                                              If a university wants to submit more than one offer from different departments, it must fill in one offer form per department.

                                                              Online placement offer form. Closed call.

                                                              To solve the most common doubts that arise when filling in this form, the CGU has prepared this guide for you to consult.

                                                              Guide of the placement offer form.

                                                              2. If the selection committee chooses a person to conduct the mobility in your university, we will inform you. Then, s/he will contact the person responsible for it to agree on the mobility period and prepare a work plan.

                                                              3. Once the mobility has ended, the person responsible for it has to send the final host department’s report to the CGU.

                                                              Final report host department.

                                                              To answer the most frequent questions raised when filling in this report, the CGU has prepared this guide for you to read.

                                                              Guide of the final report host department.

                                                                CGU AND CONAHEC SERVICES STAFF

                                                                On our website, the documentation is available in PDF format, but the recipients of the grants will receive a link to access a folder containing the documentation in Word format, after confirming their acceptance.

                                                                1. Check the placement offers from the CGU and CONAHEC member universities published on this page, to determine if there is one that interests you to develop new skills and exchange best practices.

                                                                2. Submit your application via the online form. Review the guidelines to check the documentation that you have to include in your application and do not forget to add the declaration of responsibility too.

                                                                Declaration of responsibility.

                                                                Declaration of responsibility.

                                                                  Online application form. Closed call.

                                                                To solve the most common doubts that arise when filling in this form, the CGU has prepared this guide for you to consult.

                                                                Guide for the electronic application form. 

                                                                3. If the selection committee awards you one of the Stella for Staff programme’s grants or mobility, you will receive a message from the CGU to inform you, in the email address that you provided in your application. In the guidelines for the call, you will find more information about the steps to be taken to accept it and the period you have.

                                                                4. If you accept the grant or mobility, the CGU will provide you with the contact details of the person responsible for it in the host university. You have to contact him/her to coordinate yourselves, in order to send us by email the mobility agreement and the work plan. This documentation must be sent before the start of the stay and must comply with the guidelines of the call.

                                                                Mobility agreement.

                                                                Work plan.

                                                                5. Once the mobility has concluded, you must send the supporting documentation detailed in the guidelines, by email to the CGU. Among them, it is the personal final report and the agenda.

                                                                Personal final report.

                                                                Agenda.

                                                                To solve the most common questions that arise when filling in this report, the CGU has prepared this guide for you to consult.

                                                                Guide of the personal final report.

                                                                  Experiences of participants and universities

                                                                  Quotes from participating universities and staff

                                                                  It can sometimes be difficult to condense the experience of the professional exchange days into a few words. However, the higher education institutions and their staff accepted the challenge, to sum up, their memories in one sentence. 

                                                                  “The Stella for Staff programme helped me to improve my professional technical skills”

                                                                  Bruno Raimondo of University Kore di Enna (Italy)

                                                                  “I’d like to repeat the experience since I think that it is the best way to promote the understanding among universities”

                                                                  Vera Redrupova of Masaryk University, Brno (Czech Republic)

                                                                  “It’s a really enriching experience. Apart from learning how universities of far away countries manage departments similar than yours, the cultural exchange contributes to find new links for collaborations and relationships…I’m very happy to participate in this programme”

                                                                  Rosa Ana Rojas of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (Peru)

                                                                  “An excellent way to exchange information and establish new links”

                                                                  Fredik Carlén, Karlstad University (Sweden)

                                                                  “I believe the mobility programme to be highly positive, as it allows service staff to get to know the reality of management in other universities and exchange professional experiences by providing know-how  on our work areas”

                                                                  Francisco Colomer of University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

                                                                  “These training opportunities help our staff to improve their professional and also personal skills”

                                                                  University of Malta (Malta)

                                                                  “Number of grants should be even more!”

                                                                  University of Hamburg (Germany)

                                                                  “Stella for Staff is the best pilot programme that the Erasmus non-academic staff mobility project has ever had’”

                                                                  University of Cadiz (Spain)

                                                                  “Stella for Staff enriches our staff culture and opens up new points of view and opportunities to improve our daily work”

                                                                  University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

                                                                  Experiences on video

                                                                  In these videos, service staff from the member universities of the Compostela Group of Universities share their experiences in our network’s Stella for Staff programme. These people are the best ambassadors of the programme, as they can testify to the personal and professional enrichment that their intercontinental experience has brought them.

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